Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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